It's amazing how a little word that looks innocuous changes the entire meaning of a sentence. I have never paused for a moment to think of the difference between the usage of everyday and every day in our daily writing.

Everyday, the single word, is an adjective describing something that happens daily (an everyday occurrence), or is common or usual. For example:

Because I was going to be doing messy work, I wore my everyday clothes instead of my work clothes.

Many people use the word everyday when they mean to use “every day”. When the two words are used separately, they are synonymous with “each day.”

I eat peanut butter for lunch every day.

I am guilty of interchanging the use of everyday and every day in couple of my previous posts.

Game theory at work : Game theory can be applied to our everyday life...  => Correct Usage

Mathemagic : My mom draws this floor painting called Kubera Kolam everyday in the pooja altar => Incorrect Usage

It should read as "My mom draws this floor painting called kubera kolam every day in the pooja altar". A mistake that was not caught earlier but now I am guilty of it.

I guess this is a very common mistake being made by English writers.

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